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Sweet Home Mine is a mine near
A geochemical study of the Sweet Home Mine, Colorado Mineral Belt, USA: hydrothermal fluid evolution above a hypothesized granite cupola
from The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System {{Authority control Buildings and structures in Park County, Colorado Silver mines in the United States Mines in Colorado
Sweet Home Mine is a mine near Alma, Colorado
Alma is a Statutory Town in Park County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 296 at the 2020 United States Census. Alma is located West and South of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range ...
, United States
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. It was founded in 1873 as a silver mine. It is best known as the source of the famous rhodochrosite
Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral with chemical composition MnCO3. In its (rare) pure form, it is typically a rose-red color, but impure specimens can be shades of pink to pale brown. It streaks white, and its Mohs hardness varies bet ...
crystals "Alma King", displayed at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is a municipal natural history and science museum in Denver, Colorado. It is a resource for informal science education in the Rocky Mountain region. A variety of exhibitions, programs, and activities help mus ...
, and "Alma Rose", displayed at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals in Oregon.
Specimens of Sweet Home Mine rhodochrosite are also displayed at the geology museum at the Colorado School of Mines
The Colorado School of Mines, informally called Mines, is a public research university in Golden, Colorado, founded in 1874. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, science, and mathematics, with a focus on ener ...
, and in the Royal Ontario Museum
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest in Canada. It attracts more than one million visitors every year ...
, the Houston Museum of Natural Science
The Houston Museum of Natural Science (abbreviated as HMNS) is a natural history museum located on the northern border of Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States. The museum was established in 1909 by the Houston Museum and Scientific Soc ...
, and in many other museums and hundreds of private collections.
See also
*Orphan Boy mine
An orphan (from the el, ορφανός, orphanós) is a child whose parents have died.
In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usuall ...
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*A geochemical study of the Sweet Home Mine, Colorado Mineral Belt, USA: hydrothermal fluid evolution above a hypothesized granite cupola
from The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System {{Authority control Buildings and structures in Park County, Colorado Silver mines in the United States Mines in Colorado